Jay Kuo
The bad news is that Trump has ramped up his rhetoric to truly despicable and dangerous levels. The worse news is that the media isn’t reporting on a lot of it while sane washing the rest. I take them to task in today’s piece: https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/legacy-media-is-failing-us-hard?r=1zr8b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Legacy Media Is Failing Us Hard

Trump delivered some of his most terrifying remarks to date, but the press shrugged. And now it’s refusing to fact check Tuesday’s debate.

The Status Kuo
Sep 30, 2024 at 3:36pmWeb
Show threadZhi Zhu 🕸️Sep 30, 2024

@jaykuo

Small quibble with your use of "warned" in "Trump warned in his speech"

Using "warn" implies that what he was warning about is something worth being worried about. The verb "warn" gives a form of legitimacy to Trump's lies.

In an article where you are talking about press coverage, these sorts of word choices matter. If you don't want to use plain old "said", you could use "claimed" or "lied" or "falsely stated" or any number of other options.

But thanks for all of your work.🙂

Show threadTake A BowSep 30, 2024
@jaykuo This is even worse for those of us who have had relatives killed by Nazis in Hitler's Germany. We are screaming and no one is listening. Trump is talking about resurrecting Krystalnacht. And worse.
Show threadcowboybanjobiker 🤠🪕🚴Sep 30, 2024

@jaykuo

The media over and over again acts as if what #trump does is supposed to be "normal".

Show threadBig Beautiful Blue WallSep 30, 2024

@jaykuo

The media won't save us any more than the courts will.

That's why I spent the last 9 years imploring liberals and progressives to leave their Red States and move to Swing States.

My strategy was ignored, and/or belittled.

There's this week to relocate and register to vote.

This week.

#PackSwingStates